Second hoon car crushed in Victoria

Victoria has crushed its second hoon car four years after the anti-hoon legislation was introduced.

Victoria has crushed its second hoon car four years after the anti-hoon legislation was introduced.

In that time, more than 11,000 hoon drivers have had their cars impounded for a period of time.

The crushed Holden Commodore belonged to a 22-year-old man from Hamilton in the state's west who lost the car after recording three hoon driving offences.

Because the car did not meet the strict resale safety standards and was owned outright by the driver, it was crushed, but not before State Emergency Service volunteers used it to practice their road rescue skills.

Holden appears to be the hoon car of choice, making up 46 per cent of cars impounded, well ahead of Ford (16.7 per cent) and Nissan (7.8 per cent).

The worst hoon suburb is St Albans, in Melbourne's northwest, followed by neighbouring southwest suburbs Werribee and Hoppers Crossing.

Deputy Commissioner for Road Policing Ken Lay said that cars which have an acceptable safety rating will be sold rather than crushed.

"If we permanently seize a vehicle that is not of a high safety standard, in that it doesn't have features such as ABS brakes and airbags, I cannot, in good conscience, send that vehicle back into the community," Mr Lay said.

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"This is about getting unsafe vehicles off the road and working to a higher standard of road safety across the state, while also sending a strong message to people who choose to hoon on our roads."

Under proposed changes to the hoon legislation the length of time that a car is impounded will go from 48 hours to seven days and also include a wider range of offences, such as repeat offences of unlicensed driving, and alcohol-affected and drug drivers.